A Tentative Personal Finance Blog

1. Ignoring their retirement Every new parent seems to jump into 529 plans before their babies are sleeping through the night. They don’t look at the tradeoffs in their own financial lives, specifically getting themselves out of debt or funding their retirement as higher priorities than college education. Borrowing for school, after all, is […]

The summer wedding season is fast approaching. When you’re invited to more than one wedding in the summer (not to mention a slew of graduation parties), your budget can take a beating. It’s estimated that guests alone will spend $500 to attend one these days (and that figure doesn’t even include plane tickets, according to […]

Just a notice out to all members of the CitiCard AAdvantage Credit Card. I checked my balance online this morning and received this note:

A review of this account has shown recent high- risk activity. Please contact our Customer Service Unit at 1-800-950-5114.PHAN,DY

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Bon Anniversaire! A Tentative Personal Finance Blog is ONE month old. It’s been an exciting first month. I’m actually surprised at a few of the things that were accomplished. My goal of posting at least once at day was met and mostly exceded, except for one day. The site has […]

Last month my wife urged me to clear the clutter out of my computer room closet. It was like King Solomon’s treasure trove filled to the brim with riches. In actuality, it was mostly old hardware that I wasn’t using anymore. I have a few more items that just weren’t discovered or […]

At MSN.com, Liz Pulliam Weston recently listed some traits of the wealthy.

They’re more generous toward charities. Households with half a million dollars or more in investment-ready assets donated an average of 6% of their income in 2004, versus 2% for the overall population. (The poor are more generous than average, […]

As of July 1st, 2007, the interest rates on student loans are scheduled to increase. Although less than one percent, the resulting repayment quantity can rise significantly over the life of the loan. So, college graduates can definitely use information on how to make student loan repayment less painful financially.
First, and most importantly, consolidate. Interest […]

FMF over at Free Money Finance recently listed some companies that he promotes for free. A lot of other bloggers took this queue to provide their own list of favorite brands and stores, so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and submit my own list as well! Here are 3 of my favorite […]

D-Day is a term often used in the military to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. “D-Day” often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred. The initial D in D-Day has had various meanings in the past, while […]

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Below is a matrix of 120 stars, I have already added a link to my blog onto one of the stars, all you need to do is copy and paste the grid into your blog or website and add your own link to one of the […]